Garment-hook.



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GARMENT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1913.-

1,201,817. Patented 0.51.. 17,1916.

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WILLIAM J. GALT, JR., OF PI-IILADELII-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DE LONG HOOK AND EYE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PEN N-SYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- I-Iooks, of which the following is a specifi-.

Y ment of my invention, but it will be under Y My invention relates to garment hooks of. the character which are most generally 'secured to the garment or other fabric by :means of threads which pass through thread cation.

eyes at one end of the shank of the hook and also by means of threads which extend around the shank 'ofthe hook at apoint adjacent to the bend between the shank and bill of the hook, such threads being also in engagement with the material to which the hook is fastened. Unless some means is provided to prevent such action the shank'o'f the hook is liable to, and in practice does,

forward underneath the last-mento or against the'underneath' side of the shank of the hook becomes puckered and uneven. be effected if the hook remained stationary and the material of the garment or other article moved with relation'to the hook toward the thread eyes. Inventors and mechanics familiar with this objection have sought in various ways to provide means to overcome this objection, but thus far with-f out that degree of success which is satisfactory from a practical standpoint.

It is the object of my invention to meetthis objection and overcome the same by the provision of means which does not affect in any" substantial manner the appearance of the hook as already manufactured and which does IlOUIlGCGSSltEIlJG the formatlon of pro ecsame appear larger or more to accomplish I have provided in what is 1 known as thecentral spring stop wire of a hook a bend or loop which is adapted to serve as'a stop to prevent relative backward movement of the threads at thefront end Specification of Letters Patent.

Of course, the sameresultwould GARMENT-Hook.

- Patented Oct. 17, 19.16.

Application filed September 5, 1913.' Serial No. 788,210.

of theshank of the hook so that the mate- Ilzil intermediate the thread eyes and the front end of the shank of the hookis maintained in fixed or constant relation with re spect to the shank of the hook.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated one form of a convenient embodistood that changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from my invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a side el-e vation of a hook embodying my invention and showing a portion of an eye in engagement therewith and also showing the hook" attached to a sheet of fabric; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hook shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken'on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4i4: of Fig. 2..

In the drawings and specification I have illustrated and described the hook in which my invention is embodied as constructed of" wire,,but it will be understood that the hook may be constructed of material.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the shank wires of the hook and 3 and 4 the thread eyes at the rear end of the shank. These wires l and 2 are extended to form the bill 5 of the hook in well known manner. Oneend of the wire of which the hook is constructed terminates at 6 as shown in Figs. Q and 3. The other end of 'thewire is extended from one ofthethread'eyeis, as indicated at 7-, upwardly toward the bill of any other suitable the hook to form a spring stop 8 to prevent accidental disengagement of the eye 9 therefrom. p

The central spring wire is extended forwardly and downwardly to the point 9 at which it is bent laterally toward the outer side of the shank wire 1 and is then bent again laterally transversely or. across and above the said wires 1 and 2, as indicated at 10, and then rearwardly, as indicated at :11, and then downwardly and forwardly, as indicated at 12, to a osition betweenthefor ward endsofthe s. ank wiresl and Qfrmn the bend of the hook and to a point 13 withof the shank of the hook or of the bill of in the bill thereof. The hook is secured to the fabric of a garment or to any other suitable material by means of stitches 14 through the thread, eyes and stitches 15 which extend around the forward portion of the shank of the hook, between the same and the bill of the hook. As will be seen upon an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings, these stitches are situated underneath the bend 9, 10, 11 of the central wire of the hook. It is apparent, therefore, that it is impossible for the hook to be moved forward with respect to the fabric 16 to which it'is connected and that the hook is held in fixed relation to that portion of the material intermediate the threads 14 and 15 and that such material within this region is held smooth and even.

It will be apparent also from an inspection of the drawings that the threads 15 are protected against abrading or wearing action of eyes, such as the eye 9*, whichmay be in engagement with the hook; The, overlying bend 9, 10, 11 also prevents the wearing-out orabrading of the threads 15 from any other cause.

It is preferred that the width of the bend 9, 10, 11 should not begreater than the width the hook at the regionwhere such bend'occurs. By this means 'the neatness of the 'hook is not afi'ected and yet the efficiency of my invention, for the purpose for which it is intended, is obvious and apparent. Furthermore, the presence of the bend 9, 10, 11

in the spring wire having formed therein.

the stop 8, does not affect the resiliency of said stop but on the contrary adds to such resiliency which is a substantial advantage from the standpoint of practicability.

1. A'garment hook consisting of wire bent to form shank and bill portions and a portion situated intermediate said shank and bill portions whichintermediate portion is spaced from the said shank portion and at a point in proximity to the bend between the shank and bill portion is" bent and extended rearwardly and downwardly intermediate said shank and bill portions and is then bent and extended forwardly and downwardly to a position intermediate the wires of the shank portion.

2. A garment hook having shank and bill portions which consist respectively of. a plurality of wires arranged in adjacent relation with respect'to each other, the said shank and bill portions being connected by bends of the said wires, and a: wire spring stop intermediate the shank and billportions, the wire forming'said stop being extended downwardly and forwardy toward the bend between the shank and bill portions of the hook and then extended laterally in one direction, then transversely, rearwardly and downwardly'across the shank wires of the hook, andthen downwardly and forwardly to a position between the shank wires, and thence around the bend and into the space between the wires'forming the bill of the hook.

3. A garment hook consisting of a wire bent tofoi'm the shank and bill portions of the hook, the wires of said portions being arranged in general parallel relation with respect to each other and being connected by intermediate bends and a portion of the wire-being extended from the rear of the shank upwardly toward the bill of the hook and then forwardly and downwardly therefrom to a point above the plane of the shank wires and adjacent to the bend between the shank and bill portions of the hook, the said wire then being bent transversely of the shank wires and then extended downwardly and forwardly to a position between the said wires, the said bend being spaced from the said shank Wires for the purpose stated.

4:. A garment hook consisting of wire bent to form the shank and bill portions, the said portions being connected by a bend, the said hook being provided with thread eyes at one end of the shank andhaving a portion extended upwardly from a point adjacent to the thread eyes toward the bill of the hook to form a space for attaching means extending around the shank wires at a point adj acent to the bend between the shank and bill portions of the hook.

i 5. A garment hook comprising shank and bill portions of wires and having thread engaging and protecting means intermediate said portions, the said means comprising a wire bent laterally between the shank and bill portions to form a loop opening toward the connecting bend between the shank and bill portions, a portion of said loop being situated above the shank portion and the end portion of said wire extending forwardly between portions of the wires of the shank and bill portions.

6. A garment hook consisting of shank tecting means and stop therefor, the said loop opening toward the bend connecting said shank and bill portions and one part as my invention, I have hereunto signed my of the said loop being situated above'and' name this fourth day of September, A. D. extending transversely of a plane extending 1913.

longitudinally of and at right angles to the WILLIAM J. GALT, JR. 5 plane of the shank to provide a space for In the presence of the reception of the attaching threads. HORACE D. REEVE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing CARRIE E. KLEINFELDER.

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